Apparatus for charging siphons or seltzogenes.



PATENTED DEC. 3', 1907.

P. GIRON. APPARATUS FOR CHARGING SIPHONS 0R SELTZOGENES.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 27, 1905.

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N0. 872,812. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. P. GIRON. APPARATUS FOR CHARGING SIPHONS OR SELTZOGENES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27. 1905.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS No. 872,812. I PATENTED 1130.3, 1907.

P. GIRON.

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING SIPHONS 0R SELTZOGENBS.

APPLIOATIONPILED DBO. 27. 1905.

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I W'TN E ES Q ATroRNm s APPARATUS FOR CHARGING SIPHONS OB. SBLIZOGENES.

APPLICATION FILED 11150.27, 1905.

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S E 3 S E N P W ATTORN EYS PIERRE. GIRON; F PARIS, FRANCE.

' APPARATUS'FOR CHARGING S IPHONS OR SELTZOGENES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

' Application filed December 2'1. 1905. Serial 110. 298.619.-

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, PIERRE zen of the Republic of France, residmg at Paris, France, (whose post-oflice address is 9 Rue Castex, Paris, France,) manufacturer,

have invented an Apparatus for Charging ,Si hons or Seltzogenes, for which I have obtamed a French Patent, 1 4th January, 1905, No. 350,775; Austria, 25th May, 1905, (not yet issued;) Germany, th.December, 1905,

(not yet issued;) Belgium,- 2d December,

1905, (not yet issued;) Great Britain, 1st December,1905, (not yet issued.)

This invention relates to an apparatus by means of which it is possible to introduce 1 into a vessel of any kind carbonic acid or other gas for the purpose of saturating therewith any l1 quid contained in the said vessel, said. gas belng contalned in one or more capsules or bulbs, provided either with a non" refillable stopper, or plug or with a valve, or

, again coming from a carbonic acid gas vtube which may servefor example, for drawing beer or any similar purpose, by adapting thereto a pressure reducer; the said apparatus being absolutely independent of the vessel to be charged and of the receptacle containing the gas.

In the accompanyin drawing, which shows by way of examp e various applications of this apparatus to charginga siphon and a seltzogene by means of one or more capsules or bulbs, with a plug or valve, or

tube of carbonic acid gas. F1 ure 1 represents, in elevation, an externad view of the apparatus arranged for charging by means of a single capsule: Fig. 2 is a partial plan corresponding thereto, showing the conformation of the claw permitting of fitting the apparatus to the head of a siphon. Fig. 3 shows in section the ap aratus fitted to a siphon'before charging. ig. 4 is a similar view showing the parts of the a paratus occupying the charging osition or charging the siphon by means 0 a stoppered capsule. Fig. 5 re resents a modification of this apparatus. ig. '6 represents in external elevation, an apparatus arranged for chargin either by means of one capsule or of severa successivecapsules. Fig. 7 is a corresponding partial plan showing the conformation of the claw for fitting the apparatus to the head of a seltzogene, Fig. 8 is-a detail of a modifled form of this apparatus. tional view showin the apparatus mounted upon the head 0 a s'eltzogene. Fig. 10

Giza-0N, a citi-' winged cap g is screwed up.

Fig. 9 is a secshows itsparts in position for charging, by means of stop ere capsules. Fig. 11 is a similar'view, t e charging being effected by means of a ca sule provided with a valve.

Fig. 12 shows t e charging by means of a car- Y bonic acid gas tube, provided with a pres sure reducer.

The apparatus represented in Figs. 1 to 4, comprises a claw a, formed in such a manner as to embrace the head 1) of the siphon and its spout c; this claw is provided at its extremity with a rocking strap (1. S The claw .a, terminates opposite the strap 11 in' a screw threaded tubular art e. In this tubular part there moves eely a cylindrical part comprising a cup g at the center of whic there projectsthe' socket h; this cup is provided with a ring of india rubber or other elastic material 11. Thenozzle h is provided with a centralopening 7c in communication with a circular chamber 1 by means of a steel in m inv which a slot n is formed, the chamher I is provided with an india rubber tube or "sleeve 0. Externally, near the cu' g, the

part f is provided with a stud p whic stud isflush with the external diameter of the threads of the tubular part e, upon which-is screwed a winged cap q. The operation of this form of the apparatus is as follows: The siphon having been filled with the redetermlned quantity of liquid, to be gaslfied, the claw a, is engaged upon the head I) of the siphon so as to embrace the spout c in such a- -manner that the nozzle it enters this latter;

the strap (1 is engaged upon the lever r of the siphon, whereupon a capsule a: filled with gas is inserted in the india rubber sleeve 0 and the As the capsule a; rests upon the bottom 0 e cap g (Fig. 3), on' continuance of the screwing up of this latter upon the part e, the point m will be caused to gradually enter the plug of the capsule,

then, the edge of the'cap q displacing the stud' p on the part f, the edge of the spout c of the siphon Wlll be pressed ard onto the washer i the part over the'end e of the arm being prevente l? the studs p on the art f which against the' end 0 the siphon is now so spout, a continued rotation of the part q upon the screw threaded end e of the arm operates to pull this end. down into the ca (1 and thus to depress the whole arm 0,. 5y this movement the strap (1 depresses the lever 1' until the Iparts have reached the position shown in ig. 4; at this moment the sithe cup g. Further upward movement of the claw a to rise upon the head of the siphon" in proportion as the unscrewing pro ceeds then in continuing the unscrewing the spout c is released from the cup 9 and the apparatus may be disengaged from the siphon y releasing the claw a, the empty capsule as is disengaged from the cap q and the apparatus may be arranged upon another slphon for charging it by means of another capsule. The si hon mayalso be closed immediately after c arging by first ofall disengaging the strap d from the lever r, the cap then being unscrewed and the apparatus removed from the head of the si hon.

Fig. 5 is a mo 'fication of the device described above; the claw a is absolutely similar and also comprises a tubular part e, (which isnot screw threaded) in which a cylindrical part f is able to move, this part being absolutely similar to the foregoing except that the stud p is replaced b an o erating stud or knob 52 .the part f and sli es in the groove p so as to act as a guide for the part f and also to permit the manipulation of the latter for the purpose of inserting the capsule between it and the cu g. Two recesses e and e situated one a ove the other are also provided in the tubular part e; one of them e is wider than the other and serves for the introduction of the capsule into the tubular part e,

the recess 6 being smaller in order to support it; these two recesses permit of the introduction of this capsule into the india rub ber tube or socket 0 as before described but instead of being inclosed in the cap the base of the capsule merely rests in a cup g of a part g forming a nut upon the endless screw 8 operated by means of a winged head 8 This arrangement operates in the same manner as before, with the. difference that in- .stead of screwing the cap g the head 8 is ro tated and the nut g by means of its on g presses the capsule m which is perforate on the point m at the same time that the claw a descends upon the head I), depressing by means of its strap (1 the lever 1- which opens the siphon.

The two arran ements described above are only adapted or usefor the charging of receptacles which require but a single capsule, which is the case with an ordinary siphon. For charging larger vessels, however, such as seltzogenes, the means represented in Figs. 6. to 12 may be employed. In these means the claw'a is adapted for application to the head of a seltzogene. Uponv the tubular part 0 is fitted a winged ring t which isma e soli with 'valve.

adapted to rotate between a bearing flange t and a stud t this ring is provided with two hclicoidal slots 25 in which are placed two screws u, securely fixed in the part 7 and passing through two slots e formed in the tubular part e. In the part f there is mounted a non-return valve '0; it also comprises a cup 9, a socket h, an india rubber washer '5, a pin m, a chamber Z and an india rubber sleeve 0; a winged cap g is screwed upon the screw threaded tubular part 6.

The operation of the apparatus represented in Figs. 6 to 10 is as follows: The claw a being engaged upon the head I) and the stra (1 upon the lever T the winged collar t 1s rotated, its helicoidal slots t by the intermediary of the screws u pressing the cup of the part f 1 against the spout c, by this movement the strap (1 opens the seltzogene. A capsule is then placed in the rubber sleeve 0 and the cap g being screwed up, the capsule a} is perforated, the gas that it contalns opens the non-return valve 1) (Fig. 9) and enters the seltzogene; the internal pressure of the seltzogene then returns the valve 'v to its seat, whereupon the cap g may be unscrewed and a second capsule placed in position; as soon as this latter is perforated y the point m the pressure of the gas that it containsopens the valve until the gas has passed into the seltzogene and the non-return valve again closes automatically by the pressure within the seltzogene; this proceure may be repeated by adding as many capsules asnecessary for the contents of the vessel to be charged. When charging has been completed, the strap (1 is released from the lever r and the seltzogene is closed; the winged collar t may then be rotated in order to release the spout c from the cup 9 of the part j and remove the ap aratus from the head of the seltzogene, the ast capsule then being removed by unscrewing the cap q.

Fi .-8 shows a modificationof. the collar t whic instead of being formed with wings is milled.

Obviously it is possible to employ capsules comprising a valve or plug with an apparatus which is or is not provided with a Fig. 11 shows the arrangement of the apparatus when using a valved capsule; the pin m instead of perforating the plug forces back the valve 7 when the cap g is screwed up thus permittingthe escape ofthe gas. It will be noted that it isequally possible to employ a tube containing carbonic acid gas at high pressure, like those employed for drawing beer or for any other purposes, by providing these tubes with a pressure-reducing apparatus which'is adjusted to the pressure t at it is desired to obtain in the vesselto be charged. In this case the cap q is replaced by a socket 3 which is screwed onto the art 6 after t e apparatus (furnished wit a valve or not) has been fitted to the vessel to be charged, and after having opened this latter; the cock of the ressure reducer is opened and the vessel ecomes charged, the gas admission cock is then closed, the strap 11 is disengaged from the lever 1' the rin t is turned and the apparatus is removed; it may then be arranged upon another vessel without necessitating the unscrewing of the socket g. It is also possible to employ with the apparatus of- Fig. 5 a capsule (with or without avalve) provided with an olive-shaped connection piece a as shown latter may or may not be provided with a non-return-Walve of any ap ropriate kind and it may be employedfor'c arging vessels of any kind-With carbonic acid. or other gas contained in receptacles or coming from any source. What I claim and-desire to secure by'Letters Patent of the United States is v 1. In apparatus for charging siphons and the like, an arm; adapted to be s idably se cured at the. neck of the receptacle to be charged, acatch mounted on said arm to engage the o 'erating lever of the discharge va ve of sai receptacle, in combination with means to hold the chargin vessel and secure its dischargeinto the iso arge spout of the receptacle to be charged, together with means to depress said arm and open the vessel by the same operation, sub- I char 'stantially as described scribed having abody part 2. In apparatus for charging siphons and the like, an arm ada ted to be s'lidably secured at the neck oi the receptacle to be charged, a catch mounted on said arm to engage the operating lever of the discharge va ve of said receptacle, in combination with a part having limited and guided movement upon said arm cooperating with a cap to hold a charging vessel, means to secure the discharge of the latter into the discharge spout of the receptacle to be charged, and means to depress'sa d arm, and open the chargin vessel by the same operation, substantia lyas described.

3. For charging a siphonor the like, havi a discharge valve and a lever for operati said valve, an apparatus of the character escribed having an arm adapted to be secured at the neck of the siphon, means to hold the charging vessel and secure its discharge into the'discharge spout of the siphon, together with means for simultaneously opening the charging vessel and the entrance to the siphon, substantially as described.

4. For charging a si hon or the like having a discharge valve and means for operating thesame, 'an apparatus of the character demeans for supporting a charging vessel therewith and means for opening the siphon valve and the charging vessel by the same 0 eration so that t e atter charges the sip on throu h the siphon spout, substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof Ilhave signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

v PIERRE GIRON Witnesses: i

LoUIs BEMELMANS, LixoN FnANoKEN.

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